Steven N. Eckert
General practice with emphasis in criminal defense and personal injury
Experience:
21 years
Language(s):
English
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About Steven
Steven is a native of Ocean Springs, Mississippi and graduated from Mercy Cross High School. Steven obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. During his undergraduate studies, Steven completed Mississippi State’s cooperative education program with Union Carbide Corporation. Following the completion of his undergraduate studies, Steven went to work for Union Carbide as a production engineer at their Texas City, Texas and St. Charles, Louisiana manufacturing facilities. He began law school during the evenings at Loyola University’s School of Law in New Orleans. Steven received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Loyola University School of Law in 2003.
Following law school, Steven began his legal career as an assistant district attorney with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office in South Texas. There he evaluated and filed hundreds of misdemeanor criminal causes. He successfully tried several cases, including dwi’s, thefts, assaults, and drug possession cases. After distinguishing himself in the misdemeanor courts and being honored as Cameron County’s Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year in 2006, Steven was promoted to handle complex felony cases. While serving as a felony prosecutor in the district courts, Steven tried multiple felony cases including, aggravated robbery, burglary, drug possession, sexual assault, and murder. In 2007, Steven was the recipient of the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office Felony Prosecutor On The Rise award. In addition, Steven spearheaded the county’s first environmental crimes unit culminating in environmental crimes indictments, convictions and tens of thousands of dollars in fines put back into the community for mitigation. This unit was not only the first of its kind in Cameron County, but one of the first of its kind in the State of Texas. In 2008, Steven was selected by the National College of District Attorneys to attend its trial advocacy training at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
In 2009, Steven transitioned into civil practice with a focus on personal injury. Steven gained experience handling hundreds of personal injury cases involving trucking accidents, car wrecks, products liability, and premises liability cases. Steven has settled several million dollars in personal injury claims. In 2011, Steven was chosen to be among the few trial lawyers from across the nation that are accepted into the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.
Following law school, Steven began his legal career as an assistant district attorney with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office in South Texas. There he evaluated and filed hundreds of misdemeanor criminal causes. He successfully tried several cases, including dwi’s, thefts, assaults, and drug possession cases. After distinguishing himself in the misdemeanor courts and being honored as Cameron County’s Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year in 2006, Steven was promoted to handle complex felony cases. While serving as a felony prosecutor in the district courts, Steven tried multiple felony cases including, aggravated robbery, burglary, drug possession, sexual assault, and murder. In 2007, Steven was the recipient of the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office Felony Prosecutor On The Rise award. In addition, Steven spearheaded the county’s first environmental crimes unit culminating in environmental crimes indictments, convictions and tens of thousands of dollars in fines put back into the community for mitigation. This unit was not only the first of its kind in Cameron County, but one of the first of its kind in the State of Texas. In 2008, Steven was selected by the National College of District Attorneys to attend its trial advocacy training at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
In 2009, Steven transitioned into civil practice with a focus on personal injury. Steven gained experience handling hundreds of personal injury cases involving trucking accidents, car wrecks, products liability, and premises liability cases. Steven has settled several million dollars in personal injury claims. In 2011, Steven was chosen to be among the few trial lawyers from across the nation that are accepted into the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.
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Experience
Attorney - Owner
Eckert Law Firm, PLLC
January 2013 – Present
Biloxi, MS
Associate Attorney
The Cowen Law Group
May 2012 – January 2013
San Antonio, TX
Associate Attorney
Villarreal & Begum, PLLC
April 2009 – May 2012
San Antonio, TX
Assistant District Attorney
Cameron County District Attorney's Office
2005 – April 2009
Brownsville, TX
Production Engineer
Dow Chemical Union Carbide Corporation
September 1998 – December 2000
Texas City, Texas & St. Charles, Louisiana
Admission
Mississippi
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Texas
Education
Mississippi State University
B.S. (Chemical Engineering)
1998
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Rotary Club
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Thomas More Law Center
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Mississippi Volunteers Lawyers Project
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Cameron County Community Justice Project
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Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming,2011
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American Bar Association
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American Association for Justice
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Harrison County Bar Association
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Cameron County Bar Association
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Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Honors / Awards
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Special Recognition Award Union Carbide Corporation2000
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Graduate Trial Skills National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina2008
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Felony Prosecutor on the Rise Cameron County District Attorney2007
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Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year Cameron County District Attorney2006
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Graduate Trial Lawyers College Trial Lawyers College2011
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Co-op Group Leader July1997
Additional Info
Eckert Law Firm, PLLC Highlights
Criminal, Accident & Injury, Divorce & Family Law, Estate, Environmental Law, Business Formations
Firm Size:
1
Firm Locations:
1
Languages:
English